tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359205702018-01-28T15:42:43.182-05:00L & M Monthly - Leslie and Mike RebholzThe online home of ministry information for Mike and Leslie Rebholz who serve with Athletes in Action (a ministry of Cru).Mike Rebholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10726770500531460179noreply@blogger.comBlogger14013http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifLMMonthly-LeslieAndMikeRebholzhttps://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35920570.post-59377099623958692832018-01-28T15:42:00.000-05:002018-01-28T15:42:43.236-05:00Spiritual MovementsWe dream of a day when there is a Christ follower on every team, in every sport, in every nation. That is our vision at AIA.&nbsp; We are building spiritual movements on college campuses, in professional sports, sports teams competing overseas, digital strategies, and our sports complex so that everyone knows someone who truly follows Jesus.<br /><br />Here is one such story of spiritual movements happening with one of our new staff couples now serving at UC Davis in California.&nbsp; Leslie coached them over the last 5 months prior to reporting to their assignment.<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">For the last 5 weeks, I [Rachel] have been meeting regularly with two girls on the basketball team. We have been walking through the foundations of following Christ and what that means for their lives. In the beginning of our time, both girls were excited to be there, but were fairly reserved during our conversations.&nbsp; However, as the weeks have passed, a great deal of trust has developed in our relationships, and they have become much more comfortable asking me questions and discussing different topics.&nbsp; I have so enjoyed getting to know these girls on a deeper level and witnessing them begin to take hold of the power and truth of God’s word in their life!&nbsp; Through our time together, God has used our studies to not only impact their lives, but mine as well.&nbsp; For example, when going through the passage of Ephesians 2:8-9 with them, I was reminded that I have been saved by grace through God’s free love, and not through anything that I can earn. While this is something I have understood for some time, I am constantly in need of this reminder in the midst of our performance driven culture. As I prepare to teach these girls each week, I am thankful that God uses these studies to further cement in me the foundations of my faith built on Christ alone.<br /><br />ALSO on the campus of UC Davis:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sO69KK25xxY/Wm41QhGW26I/AAAAAAAAHlc/ambiiqF1lVETBOqhja10ytioeqIE7M5EACLcBGAs/s1600/image1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="150" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sO69KK25xxY/Wm41QhGW26I/AAAAAAAAHlc/ambiiqF1lVETBOqhja10ytioeqIE7M5EACLcBGAs/s200/image1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />The Causeway Classic football game took place two weeks ago [in November], pitting rivals Sacramento State and UC Davis together for an intense and thrilling matchup. Leading up to the game, our staff encouraged a number of players to use this as a platform to come together as brothers in Christ.&nbsp; For the players on the field, it is easy to get caught up in the hype and disdain that both teams have for one another.&nbsp; However, as the dust settled following the game, in the midst of cheers and tears from both sides, a number of men from both teams came together to give honor, glory and praise to the King. (see photo to right)</blockquote><br />Thank you Andrew and Rachel for sharing how God is at work through the AIA ministry with various athletic teams UC Davis college campus!<br /><br />Prayer Requests:<br /><br /><ul><li>Opportunities to emphasize ministry partnership development as a ministry priority.</li><li>Protection and travel safety as next month Leslie and Mike travel to a coaches conference and leaving the boys at home.</li><li>God would move mountains to secure and graciously provide for us a get-away as a couple to be refreshed and strengthen/focus on our marriage.</li></ul><br />PRAISES:<br /><br /><ul><li>Seeing spiritual growth in the women Leslie is coaching.</li><li>His sustaining strength amidst&nbsp; crazy, busy, full schedules.</li></ul><br /><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/LMMonthly-LeslieAndMikeRebholz" title="Subscribe to my feed, L &amp; M Monthly - Leslie and Mike Rebholz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe to our feed</a></p></div><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LMMonthly-LeslieAndMikeRebholz/~4/B3UP270T5xI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mike Rebholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10726770500531460179noreply@blogger.com0http://rebholz.blogspot.com/2018/01/spiritual-movements.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35920570.post-17687001231344033072017-10-31T12:11:00.002-04:002017-10-31T12:11:52.338-04:00Death Next Door<div>Volume 11, Issue 5<br /><strong>Death Next Door</strong></div>Tuesday shortly before noon, turning left onto Bickett Road ahead on my left was a 2NEWs truck.&nbsp; “Hmm what could be news worthy here on this side of the road and out here.” I pondered to myself driving on the two lane road in-between two college campuses.&nbsp; Hours later, my husband inquired, “Did you see the news about Wilberforce?”&nbsp;&nbsp; Instantly I made the connection as to what caught my eye on the country drive earlier that day/ on my way home from a midweek meeting at our church in Cedarville.&nbsp;&nbsp; Less than ten hours prior in the wee morning hours (typical for some college students) a sedan (Toyota Corolla) car with four passengers lost control that became a deadly crash for one of the women and the three other passengers presently in ICU.&nbsp; The student who’s picture and flowers sit at the foot of the tree was a sophomore and a part of the choir and dance team on her college campus.<br /><br />AIA has a ministry presence at Wilberforce and Central State University.&nbsp;&nbsp; (Three exits on 35 from our house in Xenia also one exit from AIA’s Head Quarters.) That morning of the accident one AIA staff was contacted and her presence was requested.&nbsp; The death of this young woman unveiled opportunity for spiritual conversations.<br /><blockquote>I (Lisa) work on campus as the women’s basketball team chaplain.&nbsp; Students were wondering why God would take someone so young.&nbsp; I was talking to the coach and he said that students were needing people to talk to and I knew that one of AIA’s staff was a part of a Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) program that helps athletes and athletic programs walk through unexpected deaths within athletic departments.&nbsp; I talked with our AIA staff and he got the ball rolling with his team to come and talk with the students.&nbsp; On Sept. 28<sup>th</sup> the women’s basketball, dance, and cheerleaders all met with the CISM group.&nbsp; This meeting allowed the girls to ask questions “Did she go to heaven?&nbsp; What happens after you die?&nbsp; Why would God let this happen?...” The girls also told how they were feeling in the process. It was an amazingly hard hour and a half, yet it was so good to see the girls remember their friend in this way.&nbsp; The women’s basketball team have been involved with AIA through Bible studies the last 6 years.&nbsp; This tragedy has opened the doors for Bible studies with the cheer and dance teams as well.&nbsp; On Oct. 3<sup>rd,</sup> the men’s basketball team also asked for the same CISM team to come and debrief with them as well.&nbsp; I was amazed at how open these young men were and how they trusted these men, and me, that they didn’t know that well in a time when they were unsure and hurting.&nbsp; The doors are truly open for the Lord to come in and fill a void!</blockquote><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p6mK4_mlG2c/WfibS6jiOhI/AAAAAAAAHko/SBB-nqB2hxEVVtBQyPQDdydSN6XEWLyHgCLcBGAs/s1600/image1.jpe" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="150" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p6mK4_mlG2c/WfibS6jiOhI/AAAAAAAAHko/SBB-nqB2hxEVVtBQyPQDdydSN6XEWLyHgCLcBGAs/s200/image1.jpe" width="200" /></a>&nbsp;I (Leslie) recently had the privilege of sharing at a family memorial and these words are fitting here as well.&nbsp; Death is a bookend reality of life on earth.&nbsp; Psalm 39: 4-5 Show me,&nbsp;Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting&nbsp;my life is. <sup>5&nbsp;</sup>You have made my days&nbsp;a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you.&nbsp; Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.<br /><br />{To see our previous month's newsletter, please see it at this link}<br /><a href="http://mailchi.mp/10557cf9ee31/rebholz-newsletter-oct-2017?e=a4fc0fec9a#August">http://mailchi.mp/10557cf9ee31/rebholz-newsletter-oct-2017?e=a4fc0fec9a#August</a><br /><br /><br /><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/LMMonthly-LeslieAndMikeRebholz" title="Subscribe to my feed, L &amp; M Monthly - Leslie and Mike Rebholz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe to our feed</a></p></div><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LMMonthly-LeslieAndMikeRebholz/~4/1c2Cd-ImjgY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mike Rebholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10726770500531460179noreply@blogger.com0http://rebholz.blogspot.com/2017/10/death-next-door.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35920570.post-41322027984452969242017-06-25T18:12:00.000-04:002017-06-25T18:12:21.648-04:00On Mission with God<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;">Volume 11 Issue 2</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;;">On Mission with God</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;">“Someone has prayed for you.&nbsp; Athletes in Action has prayed for you….” spoken by Mark Householder (President of AIA) at the commissioning of recent college graduates passionate about Jesus and on mission from God to serve a 1 year internship with AIA.&nbsp; A privilege it is to continue to equip, train and mobilize new laborers. These interns will reach out to/minister to people who are broken, spiritually harassed, helpless and in need of as Shepherd.&nbsp; …we have something to offer them that the World and their sport can’t.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;">This spring our LDHR services team hosted two of these Intern trainings (April 21</span><span lang="en-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 7.3259pt;"><sup>st</sup></span><span lang="en-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;">-23</span><span lang="en-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 7.3259pt;"><sup>rd&nbsp; </sup></span><span lang="en-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;">&amp; June 9-11).&nbsp; This was a first for us to offer two trainings so we get include athletes competing in spring sports that couldn't come to our April date.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;">10 of those are new laborers that&nbsp; have bravely accepted the call to ministry in other countries (Puerto Rico, Czech Republic, East Asia).&nbsp; New this year Mike and I team taught all the Ministry Partner Development (MPD) material and had a BLAST.&nbsp; Let’s just say Mike was on “fire” and even staff serving at the training came up to me and said, “We’ve never seen this side of Mike!”&nbsp; A highlight for me was being asked to give the devotional again this year.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;calibri&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt;">The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.&nbsp; Thank you for the part you play in our ministry and in sending these 51 new missionary laborers.&nbsp; Also, Let us thank the Lord for answered prayers for more laborers!&nbsp; We pray for these workers as they prepare to take the message of the Gospel….to college campuses, sports teams and countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C_AsffuX3NE/WVAsaB_tM7I/AAAAAAAAHj8/GuMlntqjYEIGyE8YeZXySG4gI4wbQ60_wCLcBGAs/s1600/image4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C_AsffuX3NE/WVAsaB_tM7I/AAAAAAAAHj8/GuMlntqjYEIGyE8YeZXySG4gI4wbQ60_wCLcBGAs/s200/image4.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-US">Karyn, now coaching interns, Leslie was her MPD coached last fall.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0mUvC08Fb8M/WVAsgmR-HNI/AAAAAAAAHkE/uwVzEicFxqMxEVuqwxop1oQHbV6yPkkqACLcBGAs/s1600/image5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1600" height="212" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0mUvC08Fb8M/WVAsgmR-HNI/AAAAAAAAHkE/uwVzEicFxqMxEVuqwxop1oQHbV6yPkkqACLcBGAs/s320/image5.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span lang="en-US">April Interns&nbsp; trained&nbsp; (above)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span lang="en-US">June Interns trained (below)</span><span lang="en-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5FxxG7heBwI/WVAsbZwOy5I/AAAAAAAAHkA/nvThQ_Ct4vM6oDabZJDWSwVFzlujf5g0wCLcBGAs/s1600/image1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5FxxG7heBwI/WVAsbZwOy5I/AAAAAAAAHkA/nvThQ_Ct4vM6oDabZJDWSwVFzlujf5g0wCLcBGAs/s320/image1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nTiZkWCdd_c/WVAsPw4SYqI/AAAAAAAAHj0/E0ekQs2htW0MPbAVB6hr4kuRG7Qt7rr5QCLcBGAs/s1600/image2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nTiZkWCdd_c/WVAsPw4SYqI/AAAAAAAAHj0/E0ekQs2htW0MPbAVB6hr4kuRG7Qt7rr5QCLcBGAs/s320/image2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span lang="en-US">Mike Teaching&nbsp; MPD principles</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_Wu-KTStg7w/WVAsZIxgYeI/AAAAAAAAHj4/SYCugyqkNyALHXa8smpqBE03AVjivcDiQCLcBGAs/s1600/image3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_Wu-KTStg7w/WVAsZIxgYeI/AAAAAAAAHj4/SYCugyqkNyALHXa8smpqBE03AVjivcDiQCLcBGAs/s320/image3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span lang="en-US">Commissioning of&nbsp; 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